Fabyans cronycle newly prynted, wyth the cronycle, actes, and dedes done in the tyme of the reygne of the moste excellent prynce kynge Henry the vii. father vnto our most drad souerayne lord kynge Henry the .viii. To whom be all honour, reuere[n]ce, and ioyfull contynaunce of his prosperous reygne, to the pleasure of god and weale of this his realme amen

Anno domini .M.iiii.C.lxxxv.		Anno domini .M.iiii.C.lxxxvi.
	Iohn̄ Tate.
Hugh Bryce Goldsmyth.		Anno .i.
	Iohn̄ Swan.

IN thys yere a prest was made to the kynge of .ii.M.li / of the whyche the mercers, grocers, & dra∣pers lent .ix.C.xxxvii.li. and .vi.s. The coronacyō was holden at west∣mynster the .xxx. day of October. And this yere whete was at .iii.s. y^e bus∣shell, & baye salt at the same pryce.

Anno domini .M.iiii.C.lxxxvi.		Anno domini .M.iiii.C.lxxxvii.
	Iohn̄ Percyuall.
Syr Henry Colet		Anno .ii.
	Hugh Clopton.

In thys yere the kynge maryed kyng Edwardes eldest dough¦ter named Elizabeth. This yere was slayn at Stookfelde the erle of Lyn∣colne. And in the moneth of Septē∣ber was borne prynce Arthur.

Anno domini .M.iiii.C.lxxxvii		Anno domini .M.iiii.C.lxxxviii.
	Iohn̄ Fenkyll.
wyllyam Horne.		Anno .iii.
	wyllyam Remyngton.

THys yere was the quene crow∣ned at westmynster vpon saynt Katheryns daye. And this yere was a prest of .iiii.M.li. / wherof mer¦cers, grocers & Drapers lent .xvi.C. & .xvi.li. And thys yere was an other prest of two thousād. And thys yere Iohn̄ Ashley wyth other two were putte in execucyon at the Towre hylle.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxxviii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxxix.
	wyllyam Isaak.
Robert Tate Mercer.		Anno .iiii.
	Rafe Tynley.

IN thys yere the comons of the North slewe the erle of Nor∣thumberlande / and Chamberlayne theyr capytayne wyth dyuers other were after at yorke hanged. Thys yere was the taske of the tenth peny of mennes landes and goodes. This yere was the felde ōf Dykys∣mew in Flaunders foughten by the lorde Dawbeney.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxxix.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xc.
	wyllyam Capell.
wyllyam whyte		Anno .v.
	Iohn̄ Brook.

IN this yere one named Roger Shauelok slew hym selfe. For whose goodes was besynesse bytwen the kynges amner and the sheryffe. But the amner optayned.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xc.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xci.
	Henry Coot.
Iohn̄ Mathew Mercer.	Robert Reuell.	Anno .vi.
	Hugh Pemberton.

IN this yere dyed Robert Reuel shyryffe / & in his stede was cho¦sen Hugh Pēberton. And in March syr Robert chāberlayne knyght was behedyd. And thys yere was a great benyuolence graunted vnto y^e kynge for his iournay into Fraūce / where vnto the felysshyp of the Drapers graunted more than any other felys∣shyp of the cytye / and euery aldermā of London that tyme beynge, payed volente & nolente two hundreth pound. Ouer whyche somme the comoners somme extēdyd to .ix.M.vi.C.lxxxii. li.xvii.s.iiii.d. And this yere was a busshell of whete at .xxii.d.

Anno domini .M.iiii.C.xci.		Anno domini .M.iiii.C.xcii.
	Thomas wood
Hugh Clopton Mercer.		Anno .vii.
	wyllyam Browne.

IN thys yere a yoman of the crowne named was put to deth at Tybourne for treason. And in thys yere was the cytye of Garnad gottē by y^e kyng of Spayn. And ī this yere was syr Iamys Par¦ker knyght slayne in iustynge at Ry∣chemont, with a gentylman named Hugh Uaghan. Also in the moneth of September the kynge toke hys vyage towarde Fraunce.

Anno domini .M.iiii.C.xcii		Anno domini .M.iiii.C.xciii.
	wyllyam purchase.
wyllyam Martyn Skynner.		Anno .viii.
	wyllyam welbek.

IN thys yere vpon the .ix. daye of Nouember, was red a letter in the Guyldhall, y^t shewed of a peas cōcluded bytwen the kynges of En∣gland & of Fraūce. And the .xvii. day of December folowynge, the kynge landed at Douer. And the saterdaye before Cristmas he came to westmyn¦ster. Uppon the .xvii. daye of Maye were .iiii. men put to deth at Tyborn for treason. And thys yere in the moneth of October and ende of thys mayres yere, was the fray made vp∣pon the Eesterlynges by the comons of the cytye, and specyally mercers seruauntes.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xciii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xciiii.
	Robert Fabyan.
Rafe Astry Fysshemonger.		Anno .ix.
	Iohn̄ wyngar.

IN this yere in y^e beginnyng, an enquery was made for y^e ryot forenamed / for the which many yong men were punysshed by long impry∣sonment. Also vpō the .xxii. day of Fe¦bruary, were regnyd at y^e Guyldhall iiii. persons named Thomas Bag∣nall, Iohn̄ Scotte, Iohn̄ Heth, and Iohn̄ Kenyngton / which were taken out of saynte Martyns seyntwary. wherof .iii. were put to deth at Ty∣borne / & Thomas Bagnall was had vnto the towre of London. And the xxvi. day of the sayd moneth, with y^e foresayd .iii. persons was put in exe∣cyon willyā Bulkley a yoman of the kynges chāber, and a duche man. Thys yere whete was at .vi.d. a bus¦shell, and bay salt at .iii. d. ob. And thys yere doctor Hylle bysshop of Lō¦don pursued greuously Persy than pryour of Crystes chyrch in Londō.

And in thys yere was the royall feste kept in westmynster halle by y^e kyng. This yere in the ende of Apryll was brent in Smithfelde an olde woman for heresye, whych was called moder to the lady yonge. And thys yere the xv. day of August were reyned at the Guyldhalle one named Iohn̄ Nor∣folk, & an other named Iohn̄ white / & cōuict for baudry & set vpō y^e pillory.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xciiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xcv.
	Nycholas Alwyn.
Rycharde Chawry Salter.		Anno .x.
	Iohn̄ warner.

THis yere the daye that y^e mayre toke hys charge, in y^e afternone came thorugh the cytye Henry duke of yorke a chylde about .iiii. ye∣res of age towarde westmynster ry∣dynge vppon a courser, with many goodly gentylmen to conuey hym. And vpon the .ix. daye of Nouember folowyng, was holden a goodly iu∣styse within the paleys of westmyn∣ster. wherof were chalengeours syr wyllyā de la Pool then duke of Suf¦folk, therle of Essex, syr Robert Cur∣son, & Iohn̄ Pechy esquyre. Also this yere about Cristmas, sir Robert Clif¦ford whych before was fled the land / came agayne & appechyd syr wyllyā Stanley than chamberlayne to the kynge of treason. which syr wyllyam vpon the .xvi. day of February folow¦ynge, for the sayd treason was behe∣dyd at the Tower hylle. And y^e same season was adiudged to deth at the Guyldhall the deane of Poulys a fa¦mous doctour & precher, the prouyn¦cyall of the blak freres, and y^e pryour of Langley, the person of saynt Ste¦phyns in walbroke named doctour Sutton, syr Thomas Thwatys knyght, Robert Ratclyffe, wyllyam Dawbeney, willyā Cressener esquire with syr Simond Moūford knight, & mo other / wherof y^e more part was pardoned. And this yere was whyte heryng at .xl.d. a barel. And this yere began the fyrst trouble of syr wyllyā Capell alderman. And in Iuly Per∣kyn with his rebelles ariued in Kent which named hym selfe Rychard se∣conde sonne of Edward the .iiii. And in y^e same moneth was doctour Dra¦per perforce borne out of Poulys, & so ladde to Lābehyth for varyaunce that than was bytwene the bysshop¦pes of Can̄terbury and Londō. And soone after was hanged in sundry costes of Englande an .C. and odde persons of the forenamed rebellys. And thys yere was a perlyamente holden at westmnynster. Also in the moneth of October was an exce∣dynge thunder.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xcv.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xcvi.
	Thomas Kneysworth.
Syr Henry Colette Mercer.		Anno .xi.
	Henry Somyr.

IN thys yere in the .xvi. daye of Nouēber, was holden the ser∣geaūtes feste within the bysshop of Elyes place. This yere was the body of Rychard Hakendyes wyfe takyn vp in saynt Mary hyll chyrche hole, y^t had lyen in the groūd ouer .C. & .xx. yeres. And thys yere was great bysy¦nesse for the entercourse bytwene En¦gland and Flaunders. And this yere the kynge of Scottes made sharp warro vppon the marches. And this yere many lollers stode wyth fagot∣tes at Poulys crosse.

Anno domini .M.iiii.C.xxvi.		Anno domini .M.iiii.C.cxvii.
	Iohn̄ Shaa.
Iohn̄ Tate Mercer.		Anno .xii.
	Rycharde Haddon.

THe latter ende of October, by great coūsayll holden at west¦mynster / was graunted to the kynge fer the defence of the Scottes .C.xx.M.li. The .xviii. daye of Nouember was Poulys chyrch suspendyd by a fraye of two yonge men. And in the same moneth was graūted to y^e kyng a prest of the cytye of .iiii.M.li. And the same moneth at Calys was behe¦dyd the lord Fitzwater. The .xxi. day of Ianuary a parlyament beganne / wherby was graunted two dymes & a halfe, two aydes and two fyftenys, to leuy the foresayd .C.xx.M.li. And in the moneth of Iuny and .xvii. day were the Cornyshmen dyscōfyted at Blakheth.* 1.1 And vpon the .xxviii. daye of Iuny, the Smyth & a gentylman named Flāmok two capytaynes of y^e sayd rebelles, were put in execucyon at Tybourne. And shortely after the lorde Audeley, which was hed capy∣tayne of the sayd rebelles, was put to deth at y^e Towre hylle. And this yere was concluded a maryage bytwene my lorde prynce & the kynges dough¦ter of Spayne. Thys yere also the kynge sent into Scotland an army, vnder y^e guydyng of the erle of Sur¦rey and the lord Neuyle / the whyche made sharpe warre vpon y^e Scottes. And ī y^e moneth of October Perkyn landed in Cornwayle, and assayled the towne of Exceter & other townes But fynally he toke the seyntwary of Beawdely / and after was pardo∣ned of hys lyfe.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xcvii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xcviii.
	Bartholomewe Rede.
wyllyam Purchace Mercer.		Anno .xiii.
	Thomas wyndowght.

IN this yere vpō the .xxviii. day of Nouēber, the sayd Parkyn was brought thorugh the cyty vnto the Towre, & there left as prysoner. And with hym a tall yomā somtyme sergeaūt ferrour to the kyng / whych ferrour & one named Edwarde, were shortely after put to deth at tibourn. Upon saynte Nycholas daye was a proclamacyō made thorugh y^e cytye, of a peas bytwene the realmes of En¦gland & Scotland for terme of both kynges lyues. And in December a carpenter called Godfrey, toke downe the wedercok of Poulys sly∣ple & set it vp agayne. And this yere in Crystmas weke was a part of the kinges palayes of Rychemoūt brent And this yere vppon the .ix. daye of Iuny, the forenamed Parkin beyng at large in the kynges court, went se¦cretely awaye / and lastly went to the fader of Syon. And after the second pardon to hym by the kynge graun∣ted, he was shewed at westmynster & in Chepys syde, with moch wonder∣ment / and fynally had to the Towre and there keped.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xcviii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xcix.
	Thomas Bradbery.
Syr Ion̄ Percyuale.		Anno .xiiii.
	Stephyn Ienyns.

IN thys yere vpō the .xxx. daye of Octobre, came my lord price through y^e cytye wyth an honorabell cōpany toward westmynster. And vp¦pon shroue tuysdaye was put in exe∣cuciō at saynt Thomas warrynge, a strepelyng of .xx. yeres of age / whych had auaūced hym selfe to be the sonn̄ or heyre to the erle of warwykes lan∣des, & was the sonne of a cordyner of Londō. And thys yere mayster Iohn̄ Tate aldermā begā y^e new edefyinge of saynt Anthonies church. And this yere vpō the .xvi. day of Iuly beynge sonday / & vpō the sonday folowyng, stode .xii. heretykes at Poules crosse shryned wyth fagottes.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xcix.		Anno dn̄i. M.v.C.
	Iamys wylforde.
Nycholas Alwyn.		Anno .xv.
	Rychard Brond.

IN this yere the .xvi. day of No∣uēber, was areyned in y^e whyte halle at westmynster the forenamed Parkyn & .iii. other. The whych Par¦kyn and one Iohn̄ Awatyr were put shortly after in execuciō at Tyborne. And soone after was the erle of war∣wyke put to deth at the towre hylle / & one Blewet & Astwood at Tyborne. And thys yere in May the kyng & the quene sayled to Calays. And thys yere was Babrā in Northfolke brēt. And in Iuly was an olde heretyke brēt in Smythfelde. And thys yere was a great deth in Londō / whereof died ouer xx.M. of all ages. And this yere dyed doctour Mortō cardynall and chaunceler of Englande in the moneth of October.

Anno. dn̄i. M.v.C.		Anno dn̄i. M.v.C.i.
	Iohn̄ Hawys.
wyllyam Remyngton.		Anno .xvi.
	wyllyam Stede.

IN this yere the .xxi. daye of De¦cēber, in the nyght was an hy∣dyous thūder. And this yere was the name of the kyng{is} palays of Shene chaūged, & called after y^e day Ryche∣moūt. And this yere in August depar¦ted secretly out of this lāde, the duke of Suffolke. And the .iiii. daye of Oc¦tober lāded at Plymmowth Kateryn̄ doughter of y^e kyng of Spayn. And thys yere was fynysshed by mayster Tate the church of saynt Anthony.

Anno domini .M.v.C.i.		Anno domini .M.v.C.ii.
	Syr Laurence Aylemer.
Syr Iohn̄ Shaa		Anno .xvii.
	Henry Hede.

IN this yere began the mayre & hys bretherne to ryde to the barge & other places. Upō sait Erkē¦waldes day, was my lord prince ma∣ryed to the kyng of Spaynes dough¦ter. And this season the duke of Buk¦kyngham wyth other was chief cha∣lēgeour, at a royall iustyce & turney holdē in the palays of westmynster. And thys yere came a greate ambas∣sade out of Scotlād / by reason wherof cōclusion of maryage was made betwene the king of Scottes & dame Margarete eldest doughter to oure soueraygne lord. Also thys yere was an excedyng great fysshe taken nere

vnto Quynbourgh. And in Marche syr wyllyam of Deuynshyre, syr Ia∣mys Tyrell, & his eldest son̄, & one na¦med welborne, were arested for trea∣son. And in Apryll ••olowyng dyed y^e noble prynce Arthur in the towne of Ludlow. And upō y^e last day of April were set vpō y^e pyllory .ii. yōgmen, for defamyng of y^e kynges coūsayll / and there erys cut of. Also aboute thys tyme y^t gray fryers were cōpelled to take theyr old habit russet, as y^e shepe doth dye it. And the .vi. day of Maye Iamys Tyrell & syr Iohn̄ wyndhm̄ knyght, were beheded at y^e towre hyl And a shypmā for the same treason was the same day drawē to tyborne & there hāged & quartered. And soone after a purseuaūt named Curson, & a yoman called Mathew Ionys, were put in execuciō at Guynys / & all was for aydyng of syr Edmōd De la pool. Also thys yere about mydsomer was takē a felowe whych hadde renewed many of Robī hodes pagētes / which named him selfe Greneleef. And this yere begā the new werke of y^e houses offyce wythin the Guyldhall of Lon∣don. And in the ende of October, was proclaymed a peas betwene the king & the archeduke of Burgoyne. And y^e sonday before saint Symōd & Iude was shewed a bull / by vertue wherof were denoūced at Poules crosse as ac¦cursed, syr Edmōd de la pool late du¦ke of Suffolke syr Roberte Curson knyght, &.v. other persones. And all such as ayded any of thē agaī y^e king.

Anno domini .M.v.C.ii.		Anno domini .M.v.C.iii.
Goldsmyth.	Henry Kebyll.
Bartholmew Rede.		Anno .xviii.
	Nycholas Nynys.

IN this yere begā the new werk of the kynges chapell at west∣mynster. And vpō the .xi. daye of Fe∣bruary, dyed quene Elizabeth within the towre lieng in chyldbed. And vpō the fyrst sonday of lēt, was solemply accursed at Poules crosse wyth bel & candell, syr Edmōd de la pool, syr Ro¦bert Curson & other, & all y^t the ayded agayn the kyng. And in thēde of the moneth of marche, was y^e pryour of y^e Charterhous at Shene sinfully mur¦dered wyth an other mūk of the same house, by synyster meanes of a munk of the same place named Good wyne & other mischeuous {per}sones. And this yere the felisshyp of tayllours of Lō∣don purchased a graūt of the king to be called marchaūt tayllours. And y^e viii. day of August, was the kynge of Scottes maried vnto y^e eldest dough¦ter of y^e kyng. Also in Iuly were arey¦ned at the Guyldhall Olyuer saynte Iohn̄, Robert Simpson, wellys••orfi before named, Pool bayly of Thorok amp; .iiii. other all beyng cast for treason, whereof the sayde Olyuer and Pool wyth hyppemen were putte in execucion at Tyborne, and the other were pardoned.

Anno. dn̄i. M.v.C.iii.		Anno dn̄i. M.v.C.iiii.
Draper.	Chrystoffer Hawys.
Syr wyllyam Capell.	Robert wattes.	Anno .xix.
	Thomas Granger.

IN thys yere the .xiii. day of No¦uēber, in the palays of y^e arche∣bysshop of Caūterbury at Lābehyth was holdē the sergeaūtes feest. And the .xxi. day of Nouēber in the begyn∣nyng of y^e nyght, was a dredeful fyre vpō the north ende of Londō brydge. And vppō the .vii. daye of Ianuary

were certeyne houses cōsumed wyth fyre agayn saynt Botulphis churche in Thamys strete. Upō the .xxv. daye of Ianuary, begā a parliamēt at west¦mynster. And y^e .xxvii. day of March, was an house brēt agayn saynt Mat¦tyus le graūt. And the same day was hurt done wyth fyre in the paryshe of faynt Peters the pore. And in the forenamed parlyamēt was ordeyned a new coyne of syluer, as grotes, half grotes, & shyllynges with half faces. And in the forsayde parlyamēte was graunted to the kynge an ayde of xxxvi. thousand .li. And a correccyon was dyuysed for clipped grotes.

Anno domini .M.v.C.iiii.		Anno domini .M.v.C.v.
Grocer.	Roger Achylley.
Iohn̄ wyngar.		Anno .xx.
	wyllyam Browne.

IN thys yere the cytezyns of Lōdon graūted to the kyng .v.M marke for confermaciō of theyr lyber¦tyes. wherof a .M. marke was payde in hāde, & .iiii.M. mark in .iiii. yeres next ensuyng. Upō sat Georges day y^e kyng went in procession in Poules church / where was shewed a legge of saynt George closed in syluer, whych was newly sent to the kyng. And vp∣pō the .xxv. day of Apryll, was a mo∣ney maker one of the coyners of the towre drawē to tyborne, & there han∣ged. And in y^e later ende of thys yere, came the thyrde cappe of maynte∣naunce from the pope.

Anno domini .M.v.C.v.		Anno domini .M.v.C.vi.
Fysshemonger.	Rycharde Shore.
Thomas Kneysworth		Anno .xxi.
	Roger Groue.

THys yere vppō .xii. euyn, the kinges chāber at Rychemoūt was brēt. And vpō the euyn of saynt Maury begā an hidious wid / which endured vppō .xi. dayes folowynge more or lasse, in cōtynuall blowyng / by meane whereof the wedercok of Poules was blowē downe, & moche other harme done. And by force of thys tempest the archeduke of Bur∣goyne was dryuē to lāde in the west coūtre. And vpō the second sonday of lēt stood at Poules crosse the pryour of saynt Osyes & .v. other heretykes. And in y^e ende of y^e moneth of March syr Edmōd de la pool was conueyed through the citie vnto the towre, and there left as prysoner. And in Maye moneth was the lord of Burgeueny cōmytteth to the towre, for a certayn displeasure whych cōcerned no trea∣son. Thys yere a new bylded galerey fyll in the nyght at Rychemoūt. And thys yere in the ende of Iuly was a gracyous myracle shewed by oure Lady image of Barkyng, by a may∣den chylde that a carte laden wyth stone yode ouer.

Anno domini .M.v.C.vi.		Anno domini .M.v.C.vii.
mercer.	wyllyam Copynger.
Syr Rychard Haddon.	Thomas Iohn̄son.	Anno .xxii.
	wyllyam Fytz wyllyam.

IN thys yere about Crystmas was the bakers house in war∣wyke lane brēt. And thys yere was a wonderfull easy & softe wynter, with¦ out stormys or frostes. And this yere the kyng of hys goodnesse delyuered

out of all prysons in Lōdō, as many prysoners as laye for .xl.s. & vnder. And this yere was Thomas Kney∣sworth late mayer & hys .ii. shyreffes condēpned to the kyng in great som¦mes of money / ouer paynfull prysone¦ment by theym in the marshalsy su∣steyned.

Anno domini .M.v.C.vii.		Anno domini .M.v.C.viii.
mercer.	wyllyam Butler.
wyllyam Browne.		Anno .xxiii.
	Iohn̄ Kyrkby.

THys yere in the ende of April, dyed the sayd wyllyam Brow¦ne / and for hym was immedyatly chosen syr Laurence Aylemer, for the resydue of that yere /

Anno supradicto.		Anno supradicto.
Draper.	wyllyam Butler.
Syr Laurence Aylemer.		Anno predicto.
	Iohn̄ Kyrkby.

IN thys yere vpon the last daye of Iuny, was an house in Southwarke nere vnto the brydge consumed wyth fyre. And thys yere was syr wyllyam Capell agayne put in vexacyon, by sute of the kynge, for thynges done by hym in the tyme of hys mayralte.

Anno. dn̄i. M.v.C.viii.		Anno dn̄i. M.v.C.ix.
Tayllour.	Thomas Exmew.
Stephyn Ienyns.		Anno .xxiiii.
	Rychard Smyth.

IN the begynnyng of the may∣res tyme, syr wyllyam Capell after his prysonement in the coūtour & shyreffes house, was by the kynges counsayll commaūded to the towre / where he remayned tyll the kynge dyed / & shortly after was delyuered wyth many other. And in lykewyse was syr Laurēce Aylemer dalt with / & cōmytted to the warde or house of Rychard Smyth shryfe / & there re∣mayned as prisoner by y^e space aboue sayd.Thys yere vppō the saterdaye next before saynt Georges day in the nyght, whych saterdaye was the .xxi. daye of Apryll, dyed the kynge oure soueraygne lorde at hys manour of Rychemount / vpon whose soule and all chrysten Iesu haue mercy. Amen.

And so thys foresayd noble prince reygned .xxiii. yeres and .vii. mone∣thes, and one daye therof lakkynge.

THys magnyfycent & excellent prynce Hēry the .vii. thus payed to deth his dette of nature as before is sayd. Of whome suffycient laude & prayse can nat be put in wrytyng, cōsyderyng y^e cōtynuall peace & trāquylete whyche he kept thys his lande & comons in / wyth also the subduynge of hys out∣warde enymyes, of the realmes of Fraunce & Scotland by hys greate polycy & wysedome, more thā by she∣dyng of cristē bloode or cruell warre. And euer ruled so myghtly hys sub∣gectes & mynystred to them suche iu∣styce, y^t nat allonely they loued and drad hym / but all crysten prynces he∣ryng of hys gloryous fame, were de∣syrous to haue wyth hym amyte &

allyaunce. And for that he in all tēpo¦rall polycies & prouisions exceded all prynces by hys tyme reygnynge / dy∣uers popes, as Alexander the syxte, Pius the .iii, & Iulius the .ii. nowe beynge pope, by theyr tymes eyther of thē sunderly wyth auctorytie & cō∣sent of theyr spyrytuall & deuyne coūsayll, elected & chase thys excellente prynce, and admytted hym for chyefe defensour of Chrystes church, before all other crysten prynces. And for a confermaciō of the same / sente vnto thys inuyncibyll prince by .iii. sundry famous ambassades, thre swerdes with .iii. cappes of mayntenaunce. what myght I wryte of the stedfaste contynēcy, great iustyce, & mercyfull dealyng of thys prynce. what myght I report of hys excellēte wysedome & moste sugred eloquence, or of hys in∣mouable pacience & wonderfull dy∣scressyon. Or what shuld I tell of his most beautyfull byldynges, or exce∣dyng charges of manifest reperaciōs and ouer all thys of hys excedynge treasoure & rychesse innumerabyll. But as who wolde saye, to consider in order all his notabyll actes, which wolde aske a lōge tract of tyme, with also the lyberall & somptuous endo∣wemēt of the monastery of westmyn∣ster & other, to wryte / I myghte con∣clude y^t hys actes passed all the noble actes of hys noble {pro}genytours syne the conquest / and may moste cōgruly aboue all erthly prynces, belykened vnto Salamō kyng of y^e Israelytes and be called the seconde Salomon for hys great sapience & actes by him done hys lyuys tyme executed. All whyche premysses tenderly conside∣red, euery naturall Englysshmā now lyuyng, hath cause & ought deuoutly to pray for the soule of this moste ex∣cellent prynce Henry the .vii, that he maye atteyne that celestyall mansiō, whych he and all trew crysten soules are enheritours vnto / the which god hym graunt. Amen.

And the rather because of the exel¦lēt vertuous bryngyng and leuynge vnto vs by goddes ayde and pro∣uysyon, of our moste gracyous and moste d••ad soueraygne lord Henry y^e viii. of that name, as tyghtfull enhe∣rytour vnto the .ii. crownes of Eng∣lande and of Fraunce. The whyche began hys moste gracyous reygne y^e xxii. day of Apryll, in the yere of oure lord god .M.v.C. and .ix.

HEnry the .viii. of that name and second sonne of the forenamed ex¦cellente prynce Henry the seuith began his moste gracyous reygn ouer the realme of Englande the .xxii. daye of Apryll, in the yere of our lord god M.v.C. and .ix. To whome by all ho∣nour, reuerēce, & ioyfull contynaūce of prosperous reygn, to the pleasure of god & weale of thys hys realme. Amen.

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